Saturday, November 7, 1936

Cloudy & hazy & thaws
Made apple pie and two extra shells-
cooked and canned Aunty's green tomato and cabbage chow chow*-
Mopped the kitchen, swept my bedroom
fixed the electric light over well-
Rec'd nice letter from Iliff-
Chas. stopped for our grocery kist
Loaned Aunty $5.00 bill-
Mother good all day-



*& didn't a bunch of recipes practically jump off the Google page? LOL. Here is one to try. Granny's Chow-Chow by Joyce Bacon & found on the Southern Plate website.

Ingredients (For the rest of the recipe, follow the link above.)

• 12 medium onions (4 cups)
• 1 medium head of cabbage (4 cups)
• 10 green tomatoes (4 cups)
• 12 green bell peppers
• 6 sweet red bell peppers
• ½ cup coarse salt
• 6 cups granulated sugar
• 2 T mustard seed
• 1 T celery seed
• 1 ½ tsp. turmeric
• 4 cups white vinegar
• 2 cups water

 
 

Friday, November 6, 1936

plesant day snow melting-
I pumped about a quart of water from the well
canned 3 pints of cauliflower pickle
wrote a letter to Clara-
Sewed a little more on princes slips-
Have one all made-
Snow sliding off the roof broke the bulb to the Electric light over the well-
Mother good all day-
no letter from Iliff yet this week-

Monday, June 29, 1936

plesant all day
Clara & Mother went to Ithaca and got supplies for Carpenter Mr. Alexander to fix windows and paint floors and put up picture molding in front room.
Mr. Marshall, Electrician, came to fix wiring receptacles for lights & stove & a light over the pump. Dr Stuard came & took Mothers blood pressure- all O.K. good^ all day.
Harry & I took out rug from middle room
*Harry went home this eve.



 ^Actually a double underline in the diary

*This line is written vertically up the left hand margin of the entry.

Sunday, March 22, 1936

Sunday
Plesant all day North wind-
The electric line men* fixed the wires so we have lights tonight-
Iliff called this eve-
brought me his make of doughnuts and Florence^ sent me a bowl of ice cream-
both gifts were wonderfull-
Mother has been quiet all day-
We are all tired from lack of sleep and nerves caused by the storm and lack of lights.



*Now I have "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell stuck in my head. 

^Irene's friend Florence Searles, mother of Mildred Searles.

Wednesday, January 22, 1936

Windy and cold
Mother never went to bed at all last night.
She was tired but good all day-
I done all the chores and swept and dusted-
Electric light wire blew down so was without lights* and eat supper with lamp-
Men came and fixed it before 7-30 o'clock.



*Since they were probably heating with wood, being without electricity was not as big of a deal as it would be today.